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1 Kings 7:48 Explained in Context
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Verse 48. 48And Solomon made all the vessels that pertained unto the house of the LORD: the altar of gold, and the table of gold, whereupon the shewbread was,
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Role in This Section
This verse opens the thought unit and establishes its first action or speech: “And Solomon made all the vessels that pertained unto the house of the LORD: the altar of gold….” Its responsible meaning belongs to the complete movement “Gold furnishings and David's gifts finish the work.”
Read It With
- 1 Kings 7:48–51
Read 1 Kings 7:48 with 7:48–51. The selected wording supplies one opening in the thought unit and establishes its first action or speech; the surrounding verses supply the causes, responses, and outcome summarized here: Moves from bronze to the gold altar and gold table for the bread of the Presence; closes construction by placing David's dedicated silver, gold, and vessels in the temple treasuries.
Why It Needs Context
1 Kings 7:48 depends on 7:48–51; isolating “And Solomon made all the vessels that pertained unto the house of the LORD: the altar of gold…” would detach a supporting action, quotation, name, number, object, or transition from “Gold furnishings and David's gifts finish the work.”
Read 1 Kings 7:48–51 together
Why these verses belong together: Gold furnishings and David's gifts finish the work is the complete reviewed scene, prayer, oracle, list, or regnal notice bounded at 7:48–7:51.
Verse 48. 48 And Solomon made all the vessels that pertained unto the house of the LORD: the altar of gold, and the table of gold, whereupon the shewbread was,
Verse 49. 49 And the candlesticks of pure gold, five on the right side, and five on the left, before the oracle, with the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs of gold,
Verse 50. 50 And the bowls, and the snuffers, and the basons, and the spoons, and the censers of pure gold; and the hinges of gold, both for the doors of the inner house, the most holy place, and for the doors of the house, to wit, of the temple.
Verse 51. 51 So was ended all the work that king Solomon made for the house of the LORD. And Solomon brought in the things which David his father had dedicated; even the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, did he put among the treasures of the house of the LORD.
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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Exact location: 1 Kings 7:48–51, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
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